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I'm a big fan of rituals in general because I'm a firm believer in muscle memory.
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I've trained myself to write the first two or three hours I'm awake simply by doing it every day. If life stuff interferes with this sacred time, I get very cranky.
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When I wrote 'The Assistants,' I knew very much that I wanted to write about income inequality and student loan debt and the gender wage gap, but I wanted to put it in a really slick, fun package. That book ended up being described as a socially conscious novel in chick-lit clothing.
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When I read Alison Bechdel's 'Fun Home,' it was the first time I saw drawings that looked like me.
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I'm not sure if it's easier to address tough themes through humor, but I do think it's more fun and makes such themes easier to digest for the reader.
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You can get away with making some extremely bold statements by Trojan Horsing them into a narrative via comedy.
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I've always been a big fan of political and social satire.
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I wrote 'The Assistants' while I was the Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief of 'Esquire.'
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I think the skyrocketing cost of a college education has placed it in the sphere of being a luxury-priced necessity.
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I loved those movies from the eighties, movies like 'Working Girl,' 'Nine to Five,' 'Outrageous Fortune,' 'The Heat,' 'Bridesmaids,' 'Pitch Perfect,' and others.
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One of my favorite things is to first read a novel and then see the movie. I enjoy picturing the characters and then later, seeing them on the screen, comparing how they're different.
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I was the assistant to the editor-in-chief of 'Esquire Magazine.' And my experience as an assistant was really best case scenario. My boss was absolutely the greatest boss I could have asked for. But I think there's something universal about being an assistant, regardless of whether or not your boss is the greatest or a complete terror.
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